Faulty versions of the LMNA gene can cause a wide range of health problems, including heart muscle disease (dilated ...

One gene causes one trait or a specific illness. When doctors use genetics, it's usually to try to identify a disease-causing ...

It's estimated that nearly 30% of people who try cannabis will go on to develop a substance use disorder associated with it.

Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change.

A spider on the Canary Islands lost half its DNA but gained more genetic variety. Scientists say this changes how we ...

A team of researchers at ETH Zurich has developed MetaGraph, a groundbreaking tool that allows scientists to search through ...

A combination of genetic tests for a "very complex" blood cancer could accurately predict if the disease is likely to return ...

In 2024 Stephen Rich and his colleagues published a study in which they assessed the genetic risk of developing type 1 ...

University of California San Diego of Medicine researchers, in collaboration with the genetic testing company 23andMe, have ...

Over a few million years, the spider Dysdera tilosensis—a species endemic to the Canary Islands—has reduced the size of its ...

Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now ...